Device for rifle and machine-gun instruction.



.1. R. BOWEN, DEVICE FOR RIFLE AND MACHINE GUN INSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I5. 1916- '1,212, 73 7. Patented Ja1'1.16,191?.

JAMES ROBERT BOWEN, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

DEVICE FOR RIFLE AND MACHINE-GUN INSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 191%.

Application filed May 15, 1916. Serial No. 97,693.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs ROBERT BOWEN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Ottawa, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Rifle and Machine-Gun Instruction, of which the following is the specification.

This invention relates to a device for rifles and machine gun instruction and the objects of the invention are to provide a simple and eflective form of device by which errors in sighting and aiming may be readily pointed out to a recruit, and it consists essentially of a military target means to represent the back or rear sight of the rifle or machine gun and movable means to represent the fore sight, all as hereinafter more fully set forth and described in the accompanying specification and drawing.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional view. Fig. 4. shows a side elevation of an alternative form of the invention on a reduced scale.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawing, A represents a miniature target drawn on a card to represent an actual target when viewed at a convenient range such as five hundred yards.

B is an element in the form of a casing containing the miniature target A which is removably held therein by friction and formed with an aperture or circular opening 10 to represent the rear or back sight of the rifle or machine gun. As shown in Figs. 1 to 3 this represents a peep sight. In Fig. 4 a battle or V-sight is shown. The shape of the aperture 10 and its position relative to the miniature target A will be such as to represent to a recruit what he sees when looking through the rear peep or battle sight at the target.

C is a movable element conveniently made in the form of a flat rod adapted to be inserted between the front 11 and the rear 12 of the casing B and the upper end of which represents the foresight of the rifle, the shape of this end and its size relative to the miniature target and to the aperture 10 being such that when inserted upwardly,

as shown in Fig. 2, it will indicate the relative position of the fore sight to the bulls eye on the target and to the rim of the peep sight.

The casing B, it will be seen, is formed with flat parallel front and rear plates 11 and 12 connected at the side and between which the miniature target A may be inserted. The target may be changed to suit different ranges and also to vary the shape of the target. r

In using the invention, when an instructor observes a recruit to be making an error he will position the member C relatively to the bulls eye on the target and to the aperture 10 to indicate to the recruit the way he is holding the rifle or the error he is making. Thus when the recruit has his rifle canted to one side the instructor will place the member C as shown in Fig. 2 to indicate his error in this regard.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

'1. A device for rifle and machine gun instruction comprising a miniature target, an element associated therewith adapted to represent the rear sight of a rifle or machine gun, and a movable element movable over the target and adapted to represent the fore sight of the rifle or machine gun.

2. A device for rifle and machine gun instruction comprising a casing having an aperture therein designed to represent the rear sight of a rifle or machine gun, a miniature target removably held in the casing and a member adapted to be inserted in the casing and over the face of the target having the ends shaped to represent'the fore sight of a rifle or machine gun. r

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of a witness.

Witness R. B. SMART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). 0. 

